Ten Hokies on Phil Steele's Preseason All-ACC Teams

Phil Steele's complete list of his Preseason All-ACC selections hit our inbox this morning. Ten Hokies are among the 112 total Atlantic Coast Conference players chosen (you can view the entire list at Phil's Blog). Ryan Williams leads the way as our only first team selection and is joined by:

• Tyrod Taylor - 2^nd Team
• Jarrett Boykin - 2^nd Team
• Blake DeChristopher - 2^nd Team
• Darren Evans - 3^rd Team
• Beau Warren - 3^rd Team
• Rashad Carmichael - 2^nd Team
• Dyrell Roberts - 2^nd Team
• John Graves - 4^th Team
• Barquell Rivers - 4^th Team

The only shocker, to me, was Danny Coale not being on at least the 4^th team.

In order to better compare us to the rest of the conference I did some number crunching. Below (and after the jump) you'll see I weighted each teams' offensive, defensive and special teams units. My formula was simple, 4 points for a first team selection, 3 for a second, 2 for a third and a single point for a fourth. Therefore, the weighted total is out of a possible 120 points. My intent was to identify which are the more talented teams in the conference. However there are two flaws in the logic. It doesn't weight position importance. For example, it assumes a first team guard is "more important" than a second team quarterback. Second a first team player isn't necessarily going to be four times better than fourth team player. Therefore, I don't think the analysis is complete enough to conclude that team one > team two > team three, and so on. However, I do believe it is a good indicator of general overall ranking, that is to say the teams at the top are better than the teams at the bottom.

Offense

Defense

Special Teams

Conclusions

• T.J. Yates has playmakers around him and a defense to bail him out of sticky situations. November 13, 2010 is going to be a slobber knocker.
• Miami is the best all-around team.
• I'm a bit surprised to see Josh Nesbitt on Phil's list. He may be forged of iron and nuclear powered bad ass who swats away defenders like flies, but you know, once in a while you have to throw the ball too.
• Poor NC State
• The Eagles are soaring below the radar, but again Boston College is going to be in the hunt for a championship.

Do you want more? Then check out Tomahawk Nation's positional breakdown of Steele's All-ACC Team and Patrick Stevens' further analysis of our statistics.

What do you guys think?

*Yes I realize that you may be thinking this is overkill given that all of these statistics and conclusions are based off the opinions of one man. Take them with a grain of salt if you'd like, but remember that one man is Phil Steele.